250GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) w/ Notebook/Desktop Installation Kit (MZ-7TD250KW) $150 + Free Shipping
 

250GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) w/ Notebook/Desktop Installation Kit (MZ-7TD250KW) $150 + Free Shipping
 

Buydig via eBay has 250GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive with Notebook and Desktop Installation Kit (MZ-7TD250KW) for $149.99 with free shipping. Thanks DJ3xclusive

Price Research: Our research indicates that this 250GB Samsung 840 Series 2.5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive with Notebook/Desktop Installation Kit (MZ-7TD250KW) is $25 lower (14% savings)than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $175. - brisar

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A lot of NAND is being made at 19nm, so the P/E lifespan could be even lower than just 750 cycles.

Performance comparison graphs:
http://www.hardocp.com/images/art...DY_8_5.png
http://www.hardocp.com/images/art...DY_8_6.png

In4one.
Was about to buy it when it was on sale at newegg for the same price but it went OOS. This is actually a better deal since this doesn't have tax in Cali while newegg does. Thanks and repped.

great deal thanks!

FP stuff!

3% back in eBay bucks makes this better then the NewEgg deal.

Edit: 3$ = 2%

i will bite @ $.50/GB

seems to be trending there

This is for the 250 gb version.

There's another deal going on for the 500 gb version:

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/8...mz7td500bw

Note that the 840 series is TLC SSD memory, which works well for normal/personal use (>5 years) but may die sooner if used for enterprise (2 years).

It's an SSD. Performance counts.

You can get WD 3Tb @150 if you dont want to bite.

does this come with the 3.5" mounting bracket kit?

how do you get ebay bucks?

You just have to enroll and you will automatically earn ebay bucks on each qualifying purchase. No catch as far as I can tell. This will obviously stack with CC cashback. Oh and I ment 3$ = 2% :D


Mwore info - Click the I agree - start earning.
http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...nding=true

Yes, seems to come with everything, same part # as the newegg deal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6820147186

Site says this, hopefully they are not lying:

A Complete, User-Friendly Solution
The Samsung SSD 840 Series is available with a simple, all-in-one installation kit. The kit comes with SATA data and power cables, screws, a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch adapter bracket, a SATA to USB adapter cable to facilitate easy data migration, and a mounting spacer so that laptops with traditional 9.5mm drive bays can accommodate the Samsung SSD 840 Series slim 7mm profile.

Looks good. TU

Trim with RAID 0?

yea and this isn't that great at performing either.

In for one. Thanks!

That depends on your RAID controller, not the SSD.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/647...boards-too

I guess it's finally time to replace my old SATA II Intel SSD. In for one.

If, and only if, you have a Z77 chipset motherboard (assuming you want the onboard Intel controller). Works great. I have a pair in RAID 0 and it runs as well today as when I first set up the partition.

Trim with RAID zero is more of a function of the motherboard disk controller and driver.
Use an H77 chipset with latest driver and you'll get TRIM with RAID 0.

Benchmark in Windows 8 (still playing)
 

Did a quick benchmark in Samsung Magician under Windows 8 x64 with AHCI enabled and OS optimization set to performance. I am still playing with the various settings with Magician, Windows 8, and my ASRock BIOS:

http://screencast.com/t/fdVfIpx0Ka

531MB/s sequential read // 257MB/s sequential writes
50K random read IOPS // 45K random write IOPS

Decent, and probably room for small bit of improvement, especially with the IOPS.

Thanks... just to make sure ..includes Z79 chipset also?

Bought one. TU

Why would you even be surfing this deal if you're going to buy of enterprise use?

Should work. As long as you the chipset supports Intel RST version 11 or later.

I'll buy one when 500GB becomes $100.

May be in 3 years when sata 5 15GB per sec drives come out.:lol:

Just to make sure, can someone verify this is how it works:

-Hook up the new SSD to laptop via USB
-Clone old drive onto new SSD
-Install SSD into Laptop and enjoy a faster computer

Also, is there a way to only bring over some data and programs?

This is what I did for my Macbook Pro (late-2009) a month ago when this deal was up. Hooked up the drive witht he supplied USB adapter cable and used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the contents of my HDD to the new SSD. This took a few hours. Then I just powered off, swapped out drives, and instantly had a much more responsive computer. I don't know how this works if this will reduce to the size of your storage (ie going from a 500 GB HDD to this 250 GB SSD).

I'm also not sure how this works for WIndows, as I haven't used it since Windows XP and if I remember correctly, there sometimes issues with changing hardware due to "hardware profiles" that Windows liked to keep consistent. Someone please chime in if this is no longer an issue.

I got this kit last month. It comes with a 3.5 mount bracket (nothing fancy just thin metal) and USB adapter for cloning/copying your old HDD. The USB adapter worked great for cloning my Macbook Pro's old HDD.

I'm looking to get this for my windows 8 laptop (lenovo Y500), if someone can confirm that this kit comes with everything I need (cables, bracket? software) to clone, that would be great. TIA

Thanks for sharing your plans for 2015.

According to the "in the box" link provided in the auction listing, it does include everything you need:

840 Series 250GB Solid State Drive
Samsung SmartMigration Software
Samsung Software & Manual CD
Quick User Manual
3.5" bracket with screws
SATA data and power cables
Mounting Spacer
SATA to USB Adapter Capable

damn, tax kills the deal for me.

the best choice is to fresh install the o/s if that isn't a big deal for you. otherwise what you have there will work

when you can clean install the o/s without all the crappy bloatware the laptop companies add... your computer will boot much faster... add in an SSD and it's uber fast. Windows 8 with an i7 and this SSD, 5 seconds

Oh yeah and I forgot about those extra things that it came with. They weren't needed so I didn't even bother taking them out of the box. But I can confirm that this package does come with everything listed.

Unfortunately I don't have a clean copy of Win 7, only the one that came with the Dell laptop. I bought a few copies of Windows 8 for $14.99, but am hesitant to give it a run based on reviews.

man now i want another one lol

Debating biting on this... I need to get my wife onto an SSD and I wouldn't mind upgrading my gaming drive. I'll probably end up waiting till .50/GB or the release of Haswell (not necessarily buying Haswell, just waiting for it :P )... whichever comes first.

You won't find a negative review from anybody that has actually tried it. Like most things online, there are a lot of people complaining and writing about things that they have no actual clue about. It is faster, slimmer, and has no likely compatibility issues upgrading from 7. If you don't like Metro, then install ClassicShell and you have a very much upgraded version of 7. On top of being optimized, there are also quite a few perks for power users and basic users alike (ReFS, Storage Spaces, Hyper-V, full RDP8.0...).

windows 8 is odd and a little frustrating at first... but I've found all the same features as windows 7 are there once you get the hang of it.

you can turn off the hot corners and other odd stuff. I had to add a "shutdown" button on my desktop because otherwise you can't shutdown from the desktop view. I noticed if you install it fresh with internet connection, microsoft changes the boot to go directly to desktop (instead of start screen). I'm quite sure they did this because people do not like the start screen.

but 95% of the time I'm in a game or the internet or office... and you can't tell what O/S you have when you're running them. Windows 8 does seem FASTER (especially for bootup).

I am not a techno guru but I have seen several of these SSD drives posted on here and have seen several discussions picking up tid bits here and there. Question:

On a MAC, isn't it a requirement to clone because of a hidden partition a fresh install of the OS will not do?

Also, is it fine going with the 840 vs 840 pro if installing in the optical drive on a macbook pro because there is a speed restriction vs installation as the main hard drive which would make the speed difference of the pro moot?

Been seeing these deals for the 840 pop up like crazy lately - I'm tempted to get it, but not sure if I really need one? I'm on a mid-09 Macbook Pro and its been running kinda slow lately - I need to clear some space off the stock 160HDD, but upgrading to a SSD that's almost twice the size would probably do the trick.

Can anyone comment on how this will affect normal laptop use on a day-to-day basis? If I'm using my laptop for mostly web surfing, MS Word, streaming some Netflix, and iTunes as a student - and my primary need is more space, should I bother installing a SSD? It'll definitely be a softer blow to the wallet if I just upgrade to a bigger, faster HDD - but with how often I hear people raving about SSD speed - I can't decide. Somebody want to help out a poor college kid with some advice?

Get an SSD. My friend who had a Macbook Pro (and was contemplating buying the Retina MBP) says that a new SSD was all he needed to make his MBP feel like a new computer.

You might not need 250 GB, though if you're looking to budget.

But definitely get an SSD over a bigger, faster HDD. The SSD will be much, much faster....

Once u go ssd, ull never go back. Its like slo motion with a hhd. All my pcs have ssd in them and they fly, even older pcs benefit from having a ssd.

It's like being with two chicks at the same time.

That's a bold statement.

An ssd will boot your mbp crazy-fast. And your programs launch within a second or two. You can use the stock hd as an external backup device now.
This is what i bought to put the stock hd in: http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexS...B002JQNXZC

Just download the OEM Windows 7 image from the net, and insert the Win 7 key that came with your Dell when you fresh install.

Thanks... I think a couple of the posters in here have steered me to giving Windows 8 a run.

Wat makes it feel like 3?

Ordered one a couple hours ago and already received a tracking number. Impressive.

good deal

How would I know? Still working on my two... Maybe when I'm rich.

Right. Because no one who reviews Windows 8 negatively actually tried it. Sound logic to be sure. :rolleyes:

To anyone interested in Win8, I'd say Snives just made it completely clear he's not going to give you a fair review of Win 8. Anyone who dismisses negative reviews with the lame (and so easily falsified*) statement "they haven't actually tried it" more or less exemplifies the concept of a "fanboi."

PS This is not a commentary on Win8, which has its fans and its detractors, just on Snives' grossly biased take.


*"A long story made short. Windows 8 might be (emphasis on might be) useful on tablets or systems with touch screens. I found it to be a step backward from Windows 7 when I installed it on a mouse/keyboard based systems. I installed Windows 8 the first day it became available and I used it for a couple of weeks. I did the education steps including finding shut down, adding apps and understanding navigation but found Windows 8 cumbersome to use. I have reinstalled Windows 7 and I am now waiting for Windows 9 (or 10)."

"Update 14 Jan 13: I've been using Windows 8 for more than a month now and it was originally annoying but stable especially when coming out of sleep and hibernation, but after numerous updates it's morphed into an unstable mess. It becomes unstable when the display has been turned off by the computer for longer than 4 hours or when coming out of sleep or hibernation, becoming generally unresponsive to most actions and usually requires a reboot 70% of the time. I can manage to reboot using CTL ALT DEL to access the reboot option but have given up on trying to save any work because they usually get corrupted. When in use the OS is very stable though. At this point I'm trying to decide on dropping back to Windows 7 or moving on to Linux."

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Pro...ewpoints=0

"Windows 8 is without a doubt, the most dreadful desktop operating system I have ever used."

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Pro...ewpoints=0

As long as you're a millionaire. And if you were a millionaire you could hook that up, too; 'cause chicks dig dudes with money.

Just ordered one. THANKS OP! TUP.

I recently (1 mo) installed one of these in my late-2009 Macbook Pro (very similar to yours) and it's been amazing. If you're still at the stock 2 or 4 GB RAM, go to the max of 8 GB while you've got the bottom of the laptop taken off. For ~$200 you'll be getting what feels like a new computer.

You'll also need a #00 Philips to unscrew the bottom of the laptop and a T6 Torx to move the hardrive screws from the old to the new. The screws are special and needed to properly hold the new SSD in place.

Debating on buying this or not, wife might not like it...

I've had a crappy 80gb hdd for my main bootup with a 2tb storage hdd for awhile, always wanted to get rid of that crappy 80gb hdd.. just unsure if I should buy a 250gb ssd for $150 =/

Ummmm..... I'm still trying to find just the one chick.

Yep. Nothing like being alone on Valentines Day with Papa Johns. Thank god for Kate Upton and making Sports Illustrated for the second year in the row......

I did the same upgrades for the same reason this month. Got the Kingston one on amazon for under $50 I think. I can now push off the upgrade itch for another 18 months or so.

My Windows 8 "killed" (took second HDD off line and overwrote a boot partition) all operations systems (XP & Win7) on my computer recently so I had to reinstall Win 7 to a separate 320Gb drive to disable Windows 8 installation.
I'm just wondering if is it possible to migrate Win 7 from 320 Gb HDD to 250Gb SSD or I have to reinstall everything again?

P.S Got already my shipping confirmation and a tracking number. Just 40 min later after I ordered it.

No one should ever use a TLC drive for enterprise. MLC is bad enough.

download from here...make usb bootable disk and you are good to go with WIN7

http://en.community.dell.com/supp...river.aspx

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

as long as the used space you want to mirror over is less than ~235GB (the actual usable space on the 250GB), I think you'd be fine. I've manually transferred windows many times... that will always work. If I recall, there is 1 file you have to transfer outside of Windows... won't let you copy while in windows (I probably did it in Dos mode).

Seriously, it is time for these to come down in price. Been holding at 150-170 for a while.

Can this even be considered a deal anymore? This thing is fp every week.

For you? If they are both Asian apparently. :lol:

for next to zero benefit, but sure...

Ok so I really need an SSD... I have been waiting for prices to come down, and I see these drives on here daily. Can I get some expert opinions on what would be my best way to go?

I do alot of 3D work, graphic design, motion graphics, rendering, and gaming on my machine. I am running off a 1TB drive, and have 2 other 1TB drives for storage.

I was thinking of getting 2 of these drives and doing a RAID set up, but then I heard if 1 of the drives dies, I would loose it all.

Then I saw this 500GB SSD for $295, but some people say its got slow write speed. Im ready to pull the trigger, just not sure what route to go. Thanks guys.

Thanks. But WIN 7 has two partitions:System Reserved & OS (the same like Win8). Will see how it work. I' ll try to restore it from a backup image.

Awful TLC NAND.

At 2xnm, it may have a P/E life of only 750 cycles. A lot of MLC is being made at 19nm, which makes the lifespan even more suspect for TLC.

for someone in your situation, i would stick with the crucial m4 or samsung 840 PRO (i repeat. PRO.)

The following is the easiest way to proceed. but it depends on two things.
One, that you can shrink your 320 gig hard drive to around 230 gigs and that you have an external hard drive available for the image.
It goes like this.
Control Panel, Backup and restore, Make a system image.
After making the image, it will offer you to burn a repair/restore DVD, which you do.
Then you install your SSD, boot up from the DVD, direct it to installing the image you just made, sit back and watch the show.
The next time it boots, it'll be identical to your 320 HD, only a lot faster.

If you decide to do it this way and you don't happen to know how to shrink a HD, just say so and I'll post the instructions.

oops bad copy pasta

Pro is another $80. That makes me want to wait...

Have you had any compatibility issues? I read a couple reviews on Amazon of people saying it didn't work well in their MBP.

I put in 8 GB RAM a few years ago, which made a difference when I had multiple programs running at the same time (used to do some photo/video editing for a job I had back then), but if I'm not running those big programs very often anymore - where will the speed increase be noticeable? People always mention that it boots in no time (but I only turn my mbp off occasionally) and that it opens programs faster (but firefox already loads pretty quick and word is up and running fine in 30 seconds or so). Don't get me wrong - I'm not going to complain about faster speeds, just wondering if the price is worth it? Plus I'm wondering if prices on SSDs this size might be dropping sometime soon?

Prices on SSDs will very likely almost always drop. It's just Moore's law in action.

And Word would likely load in < 10 seconds would be my guess, if on the SSD.

I DO think the Samsung 840 will continue to drop pretty steadily. We're only seeing the first of the TLCs coming out, so there isn't the economies of scales yet that we have with the MLCs which will get phased out of the "value" SSDs and be more of an "enthusiasts" SSD whereas the SLCs will be the enterprise grade. In addition, we'll likely see a lot more companies come out with these TLC-based SSDs which will likely drive down the price of this drive specifically.

However, if you need one now, this is a pretty good price for what you're getting. It's just that you're almost always going to find a better deal later down the road, it's more a question of do you need it now.

Installed windows 8 a week ago. I had more problem with this than windows 7 in 1 year. This OS is worst the VISTA!

1. didn't wake up from sleep the first that after fresh installed.
2. can't open my video, pictures, and music folder. I had to delete and recreate them.
3. Had problem installing dropbox.
4. Got the blue screen, and had to reboot.

Dam! I just bought this exact drive from microcenter 4 days ago for 170! Should i return it for this one. would it really be worth the trouble?!

Thumbs up. I've been looking to buy one of these at 150.

Depends, is it worth $20 to you?

more review info:

Performance comparison graphs:
http://www.hardocp.com/images/art...DY_8_5.png
http://www.hardocp.com/images/art...DY_8_6.png

how does this compare to the Plextor M5 Pro

Picked up 5 for some ThinkPad X230s! Really wish the 840 Pros go on sale.

Thanks. I was going to go this route anyway. Will see how it works.
To ppl concerning about the prices/quality this is a full kit (not just barebone drive) with 3 years samsung warranty. It will be obsolite in 3 years anyway.

Sold out

So you learned to clean install? (usually fixes most of my upgrade from 7 to 8 woes)

Does anyone know where to snag the little white USB to SATA adapter that comes with this kit? I had one from a 830 full kit, and it's gotten lost at my office. Wanted to buy a few of them. Really nice and tiny (easy to throw in a work bag).

I have been building computers for 15 years; I know what I'm doing. It is a fresh installed on an intel 330 ssd.

My setup is different from from users because I have to video with 3 monitors setup.

Windows 8 is made for tablet, not desktop.

Just giving some perspective. Relax.

sad I missed this ><

Just received mine.

Is there a good online resource (that will tell me like I am child) with step-by-step directions for someone who will be migrating the OS and some of the programs from a 1 TB disk to this one?

TIA.

Got this SSD today.
Free Acronis True Image from Western Digital has cloned Windows 7 from HDD to SD in about 15 minutes. Just in 2 clicks. I didn't make any special modification neither to SSD or HDD. Acronis done everything for me.

Dead so thumbs down